Buurma Farms recalls fresh cilantro due to possible listeria risk

Consumers who may have purchased this product should return or dispose of the product. (Source: FDA)

WILLARD, OH (Toledo News Now) -

Buurma Farms, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 465 boxes of cilantro lot #02D312A4due to a possible listeria monocytogenes contamination, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms, such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

However, Buurma Farms, Inc. has not received any case of reported illness related to this product yet.

The cilantro was sold to distributorsin Michigan Aug. 3. The product was also shipped to other retail stores in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. The cilantro, which was distributed through Meijer and Ben B Schwartz and Sons in Michigan the week of Aug. 5-9, has a Buurma Farms twist tie on it.